Screen Pilgrimage Real places behind anime and film, across Japan

Sendai: anime and film locations you can walk between

Wake Up, Girls!, JoJo: Diamond Is Unbreakable, Haikyu!! and 23 places in all, from 13 titles, inside 2.7 km.

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Many of these are shrines, schools and people’s streets. Read the conduct note before you go.

Titles · 13

Wake Up, Girls!

TV anime · 2014

Kotodai Park

The park in central Sendai the group performs in, on the avenue of zelkovas.

Getting there: Kotodai-Koen Stn · At the station

JoJo: Diamond Is Unbreakable

TV anime · 2016

Jozenji-dori Avenue

Morioh is drawn from Sendai, down to its place names — Jozenji and Kotodai both appear in the story.

Getting there: Kotodai-Koen Stn · 6 min walk

Haikyu!!

TV anime · 2014

Kuma Miko

TV anime · 2016

Kotodai Park Open-Air Concert Hall

The temple shown in the story.

Getting there: Kotodai-Koen Stn · 2 min walk

Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!

TV anime · 2020

Dokuganryu Masamune

TV drama · 1987

Zuihoden Mausoleum

Date Masamune's tomb above Sendai, rebuilt in the lacquered style of his own century.

Getting there: Omachi Nishi-koen Stn · 16 min walk

Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens

TV anime · 2008

Durarara!!

TV anime · 2010

Gakuen Handsome

TV anime · 2016

March Comes In Like a Lion

TV anime · 2016

Jujutsu Kaisen

TV anime · 2020

The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague

TV anime · 2023

Sendai Station

The station shown in the story.

Getting there: Aoba-dōri Stn · 3 min walk

Dusk Beyond the End of the World

TV anime · 2025

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